[Federal Register: November 13, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 219)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
Proposed Collection; Comment Request
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as part of its continuing effort to
reduce paperwork and respondent burden conducts a preclearance
consultation program to provide the general public and Federal agencies
with an opportunity to comment on proposed and/or continuing
collections of information in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)]. This program helps to
ensure that requested data can be provided in the desired format,
reporting burden (time and financial resources) is minimized,
collection instruments are clearly understood, and the impact of
collection requirements on respondents can be properly assessed.
Currently, the Employment and Training Administration is soliciting
comments concerning the proposed revision of the Center for Employment
and Training (CET) Follow-Up Survey. A copy of the proposed information
collection request (ICR) can be obtained by contacting the office
listed below in the addressee section of this notice.
DATES: Written comments must be submitted to the office listed in the
addressee's section below on or before January 12, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Tom NaSell, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and
Training Administration/Office of Policy Research, 200 Constitution
Ave., NW., Room N-5629, Washington, DC 20210, (202) 693-3615 (this is
not a toll-free number), TNASELL@doleta.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The Center for Employment Training (CET) model of employment and
training programs for out-of-school youth has gained national attention
as a result of its strong employment impacts relative to comparable
programs. Building on this success, the Department of Labor (DOL) began
funding the CET Replication Project in December 1992, providing a grant
for CET-San Jose, CA to assist other programs in implementing CET-like
training. In 1994 DOL competitively awarded grants to select six of
these programs in order to evaluate the effects of the CET model on
participating youth. Six additional sites have also been selected from
among CET programs in California and Nevada. The purpose of this study,
A Random Assignment Evaluation of the CET Replication Sites, is to
evaluate the CET model in the selected sites to assess whether it can
be replicated outside of San Jose, and whether the replication sites
have similarly positive employment impacts on out-of-school youth.
In order to assess the success of CET outside of San Jose, DOL has
contracted with the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation (MDRC)
to evaluate the CET Replication Project. As part of this evaluation,
follow-up information is currently being collected through a long-term
follow-up telephone survey conducted approximately 30 months after the
random assignment of youth. This information collection was approved
under OMB No. 1205-0391, which is due to expire on May 31, 2001. This
information collection request would revise the information collection
to provide for a second wave of the survey to be completed
approximately 54 months after random assignment of all youth.
The 30-Month and 54-Month Follow-Up Surveys will be used to examine
the effects of this employment and training program on participants'
outcomes two years after beginning the CET training. They will also
assess the subsequent outcomes of comparable youth randomly assigned to
a control group.
II. Review Focus
The Department of Labor is particularly interested in comments
which:
Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and assumptions used;
Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and
Minimize the burden of the collection of information on
those who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate
automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting
electronic submissions of responses.
III. Current Actions
This is a request for OMB approval of a revision of an existing
information collection for the CET Replication Project funded by the
Department of Labor (DOL). Information in the form of a follow-up phone
or in-person survey will be collected from randomly assigned
participants at each of the CET Replication Project sites at two
points, approximately 30 months following their initial assignment to
the program or control groups and again at 54 months after random
assignment. The survey data will be utilized to analyze the impact of
the CET program on participants' outcomes including education and
training, employment, earnings, public assistance participation,
childbearing, and other behaviors and activities. The findings will be
directly relevant for the future development of employment and training
policy for youth.
Type of Review: Revision.
Agency: Employment and Training Administration.
Title: CET Follow-Up Survey.
OMB Number: 1205-0391.
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Affected Public: Participants in the CET Replication Project.
Total Respondents: 1,485.
Frequency: Two times.
Total Responses: 2,302.
Average Time per Response: 37 minutes.
Estimated Total Burden Hours: 1,420 hours.
Total Burden Cost (capital/startup): $0.
Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $7,313.
Comments submitted in response to this comment request will be
summarized and/or included in the request for Office of Management and
Budget approval of the information collection request; they will also
become a matter of public record.
Dated: November 3, 2000.
James Woods,
Division Chief, Division of Evaluation & Skills Assessment, Office of
Policy and Research.
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